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  • Learn about the origin and evolution of life and the search for life beyond the Earth.

Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
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Curriculum

Life and Its Origins

Welcome

Introduction

History of Astrobiology

What is Life?

Life on Earth

Structure of Life: Building Blocks

Structure of LIfe: Cells

Origins of Life: Building Blocks

Origins of Life: Location

Origins of Life: Alternative Chemistries

Introduction and History of Astrobiology

Life: The Basics

Origins of Life

Life on Earth

Formation of the Solar System

Conditions on the Early Earth

Evidence of Early Life

The Tree of Life

Life in Extreme Environments

The Rise of Multicellularity

The Great Oxidation Event

Life on the Early Earth

Life Through Time

Habitable Environments Elsewhere in our Solar System?

What Makes a Planet Habitable?

The Search for Life on Mars

Mars as a Location for Life

Could We All be Martians?

Europa

Enceladus

Other Icy Bodies

The Habitability of Mars

Life and Icy Bodies

The Search for Habitable Exoplanets

Methods

Types of Planets

Biosignatures of Life in Exoplanet Atmospheres

How to Look for Biosignatures

Missions to Search for Biosignatures

The Search for Exoplanets

Biosignatures on Exoplanets

Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Is There Anybody Out There?

Contacting Extraterrestrial Civilizations

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

The Social Dimension

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Societal Implications of Contact with ET

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